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Prepulse dependence of X-ray emission from plasmas created by IR femtosecond laser pulses on solids

Steingruber, J ; Borgstrom, S ; Starczewski, T and Litzén, Ulf LU (1996) In Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 29(2).
Abstract
We report a strong prepulse dependence of the emission of X-rays from plasmas created by 150 fs Ti:sapphire laser pulses on solids. The laser pulses were focused onto plane samples of aluminium and vanadium with a main pulse power density of about 2.5 x 10(16) W cm(-2). By splitting off a portion of the main pulse we were able to generate a prepulse whose delay and intensity were variable relative to the main pulse. With no prepulse, very weak X-ray radiation from Al9+ and Al10+ was observed, whereas a prepulse to main pulse ratio of more than 0.1% and the prepulse preceding the main pulse by more than 2 ns produced up to 50 times stronger X-ray output.
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10.1088/0953-4075/29/2/007
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  abstract     = {{We report a strong prepulse dependence of the emission of X-rays from plasmas created by 150 fs Ti:sapphire laser pulses on solids. The laser pulses were focused onto plane samples of aluminium and vanadium with a main pulse power density of about 2.5 x 10(16) W cm(-2). By splitting off a portion of the main pulse we were able to generate a prepulse whose delay and intensity were variable relative to the main pulse. With no prepulse, very weak X-ray radiation from Al9+ and Al10+ was observed, whereas a prepulse to main pulse ratio of more than 0.1% and the prepulse preceding the main pulse by more than 2 ns produced up to 50 times stronger X-ray output.}},
  author       = {{Steingruber, J and Borgstrom, S and Starczewski, T and Litzén, Ulf}},
  issn         = {{0953-4075}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics}},
  title        = {{Prepulse dependence of X-ray emission from plasmas created by IR femtosecond laser pulses on solids}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5251181/2297592.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1088/0953-4075/29/2/007}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{1996}},
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